2026 Award Recipients

Service and technical awards

Elaine Bowman Distinguished Service Award

Recipients:
Mario Celant
Douglas C. Hansen
Sunilkumar D Kahar
Marco De Marco
Marco Ormellese

Joyce Wright Industry Impact Award 

Recipient: Ashley Caria

Educator Award - Herbert Uhlig 

Recipient: Brendy Rincon Troconis

Educator Award - Richard Drisko

Recipient:  Zoë Coull

Oliver Moghissi Asset Integrity Management Award

Recipients:
Mohsen Achour
Samuel Okulaya
Carlos Palacios
Thiago Mesquita

Early Career Excellence Award 

Recipients: 
Amrutha MS 
Ryan Katona 

Distinguished Organization Award

Recipients:
Belzona Alabama
Bin Quraya Company
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Company Southwest Company
Consulting Services Department
Materials Corrosion & Inspection Organization

Willis Whitney Technical Achievement Award 

Recipient: Nick Birbilis 

Oladis Troconis de Rincon Field Technology Award 

Recipients:
Roberto Morana
Orlando Salas 
Ahmad Raza Khan Rana & Graham Brigham 
Anil Kumar Chikkam
Abdullah Al Nami 

Fellows Honor

Recipients: 
Helena Alves
Adhulhameed Al-Hashem
Nayef Alanazi
Brian Dale Chambers
Yoon-Seok Choi
James F. Dante
Mariano Iannuzzi
Philippe Marcus
Bjorn Helge Morland
Sublime Ningshen
George Ian Winning
Dake Xu
Xiangyang Zhu

Christopher M. Fowler Award for International Cooperation 

Recipient: Sandy Williamson 

Russell Brannon & John Keane Signature Award 

Recipient: Kenneth B. Tator

Best Conference Paper

Winner: Characterizing Environmental Severity and Atmospheric Corrosivity Categorization in Alaska, by Raghu Srinivasan, Jozek Hunter, Lawrence Giron

John Fitzgerald III

Winner: Assessment of Inductive AC Interference Mitigation Strategies by Ahmed Mahgoub

Ivy Parker

Winner: Investigation of Iron Dissolution Mechanism in Acidic Solutions with and without Dissolved CO2—Part I: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements” by Luntao Wang, Huiru Wang, Negar Moradighadi, Alain Pailleret, Srdjan Nešić and Philippe Marcus.

AMPP Craftmanship Award

Recipients: 
Michael Magro Tavas
Alan Griffiths
Wayne Antonenko
John Smith
David Lebrun
Ron Vasilik
Evan Linquito
Ralph Cox

Robert Baboian Successful and Innovative Field Application of Corrosion Technology Award

Recipient: Leila Es Sebar

Project awards

Outstanding Engineering in the Area of Materials Protection or Remediation

Recipient: Redefining Ni Alloy Boundaries

Excellence in Coating Craftsmanship

Project in honor of E. Crone Knoy and Charles Munger

Recipient: High Falls Gorge Steel Painting

Outstanding Achievement in Coatings Work in a Fixed Shop

Project in honor of Eric Kline

Recipient: Pinnacle Manufacturing

Excellence in Management of a Complex Materials Protection

Project in honor of George Campbell

Recipient: Arraiján Tank Farm, Panamá

Recognition of Excellence in Aesthetic Merit in a Coatings Project

Project in honor of William Johnson

Recipient: BIGO del Porto di Genova

Community Service Award

Recipient: USS Midway